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Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 11 months ago

If ISPs weren't greedy bastards that don't care the slightest about their users and gave everyone fiber then yeah, it's wasteful. Sadly, for a lot of people in rural and inaccessible areas and on sea, it's the only way to access internet.